[s-cars] Q5 Report

[Joe Pizzimenti]

Kenwood DNX8120.

Seriously.

On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Brett Dikeman <brett.dikeman at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 11:53 PM, bill mahoney <airbil at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Apparently too the A3 aint doin so hot, although the one they had there
> > looked really good.
>
> It might have something to do with the car's design, interior, and
> electronics being outdated compared to the rest of the model line, and
> the car is overpriced.  They want (are you sitting down?) $2k for
> RNS-E.  That's twice what it costs from OEMplus for an entire RNS-E
> unit.
>
> RNS-E is a complete joke.  Even the current nav system in the '09 A4
> is full of fail.  In the Audi nav system, apparently "find the nearest
> train station and then route me to it" isn't even possible.  I've seen
> the system in Toyota Yaris coupe, and it had better graphics, a touch
> screen, and could navigate to POI's.  How sad is it that an ECONOBOX
> has a better nav system than a $+40k german luxury sedan?
>
> Even with my FIVE YEAR OLD handheld, battery powered Garmin designed
> for BOATING, "find me the nearest MBTA station" is about 2-3 button
> presses, and another 1-2 to actually navigate to it.
>
> I've driven the '09 A3 twice now, and while it was fun and for the
> most part I liked the car, it's just not worth the money Audi wants
> for it.  Given that the usual Audi mantra is one of "thou shalt not
> hurt A4 sales", I'm not holding my breath for discounts/incentives, so
> "used" it will be, if I even go the route of an A3.  Used A3 3.2's are
> looking plentiful, more reasonably priced, and on the better side of
> the depreciation curve.
>
> Brett
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